Monthly Archives: January 2012

Earlier this week I got a chance to talk to a close family friend about, among other things, the shortsightedness inherent in viewpoints like Gene Marks’ “If I Was a Poor Black Kid”. I heard about the article and decided to talk about here, 1) because the first rule of the internet is to notfeed the troll and 2) because as Cord Jefferson points out, the grammar of the headline is almost as offensive as the column itself.

However, as farmers know, bullshit can create fertile ground for good things to grow. Continue reading →